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No. 614,300. Patented Nov. I5, [898.

M. GLEASON.

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FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,300, dated November15, 1898.

Application filed March 5, 1898. Serial No. 6'72 ,769. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL GLEASON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Liberty, in the county of Union and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fences in which the pickets arepivotally secured between the strands of wire that form the cables orwarp of the fence; and the obj ects of myimprovements are to providebearings or seats in the pickets for the better engagement of thestringers therewith and to increase the efficiency, beauty, anddurability of the fence. These objects areattained in thefollowing-described manner,as illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 represents a front'elevation of a portion of thefence; Figs. 2 and 3, front and side elevations, respectively, ofportions of a picket, showing manner of engagement of the stringers.thereto.

In the drawings the pickets A consist of flat metal bars, preferably ofsteel. A series of flat circular seats 13 are formed in each picket bymeans of short sections thereof being given a one-quarter or other sufficient twist to cause the plane of the seats to remain at a rightangle to the plane of the picket. Abrupt shoulders O, as a result of thetwist necessary to form the seats, are raised above and below therespective seats and on opposite sides The number and location of theseats in the pickets correspond with the number of cables D in the fenceand their points of intersection with the pickets. Said cables are eachformed of two single-wire strands E, twisted together and pivotallyengaging at intervals with the pickets by embracing the correspondingseats therein.

In the construction of the fence an appropriate loom is used. The seatsare first formed in the pickets by a suitable twisting device. Thestrands that form the cables are twisted together by'the loom to theextent of the space desired between the pickets. A picket is theninserted between the strands of the respective cables to the extent thatthe seats therein will intersect the corresponding cable. The twistingof the strands is then resumed and continued around and beyond thecorresponding seats in the picket and to the extent of the desired spaceto the next picket. This operation is successively repeated until thedesired length of the web of fencing is completed.

When desirable,long and shortpiokets may be used alternately, as shownin Fig. 1. It is preferable also that the strands of each cable shouldform a continuous twist in one direction and that the twists so formedin adjacent stringers D should be made in opposite directions,respectively.

The pivotal engagement of the cables with the seats of the pickets willallow the fence to adjust itself automatically to side hills. The cablesmay be stretched at an angle above or below the horizontal line and thepickets remain in a vertical position. The movement of the cables todifferent angles in relation to the pickets is permitted by the pivotalengagement of the seats in the pickets with the respective inclosingstrands of wire that form the cables. said seats adapts them to alimited amount of radial movement within the slot between the respectivestrands that embrace them.

Having fully described my improvements, what I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fence-picket consisting of a fiat metal bar and having a series offlat circular seats form ed therein and at right angles to the planethereof by means of alateral twist being given to short sections of thepicket.

2. A fence-picket consisting of a flat metal bar and having a series offlat seats formed therein and perpendicular to the plane of the picketand abrupt shoulders formed above and below each seat and on oppositeedges of the picket respectively.

3. The combination with a series of pickets each consisting of a flatbar of metal, a corresponding series of flat seats formed in each of thepickets and perpendicular to the plane thereof, said seats being formedby a lateral The circular form of twist or turn being given to shortsections of g strands twisted together, and engaging with the pickets atregular intervals by means of embracing the respective seats therein.

4. The combination with a series of flat metal pickets a correspondingseries of flat circular seats formed in each picket and perpendicular tothe plane thereof, abrupt shoulders formed above and below therespective seats of a series of cables each being formed of twosinglewire strands twisted together, said series of cables pivotallyengaging with the pickets successively and at regular in tervals bymeans of the strands of the respec- IO tive cables movably embracing thecorrespondin g seat inthe pickets.

MICHAEL GLEASON. Witnesses:

ROBERT S. CARR, J. J. RICHARDSON.

